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COMMONWEALTH v. CULBREATH

439 Pa. 21 (1970)

Commonwealth v. Culbreath, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 22, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.K. Agran, with him I.B. Sinclair, and Bell, Pugh, Sinclair & Prodoehl, for appellant.

Ralph B. D'Iorio, Assistant District Attorney, with him Vram Nedurian, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, William R. Toal, First Assistant District Attorney, and Stephen J. McEwen, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 22, 1970:

On January 13, 1969, the defendant, Wallace Culbreath, was to be tried by a jury for the murder of Ernest McNeil. As the case was being readied for actual trial in the courtroom, defendant, while represented by Court-appointed counsel, stated his intention to plead guilty to the murder. Defendant was interrogated by both his counsel and the trial Judge with respect to his awareness of the consequences of the entry...

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